Dry your wetsuit inside out … Dry your wetsuit inside out, if the wetsuit is not completely dry when you are putting it on — you will at least feel smug crawling into the drier side. Hang to Dry… After every session you should be rinsing your wetsuit properly. After rinsing, hang your wetsuit at the waist, inside out on a thick hanger like the Dry hanger somewhere out of the sun. Leave your wetsuit to hang overnight in your garage or shower to completely dry your wetsuit.
Leaving your wetsuit to dry in a Dry Bag will not only protect it from UV rays but you can dry it inside with no mess. Ventilate … Remember that ventilation is important as the suit needs airing as well as drying. And definitely not by the neck or shoulders; this will quickly stretch everything out.
Take a plastic hanger, slide the top or bottom of the suit through, and hang it doubled-up, inside-out in the shower or the garage. Or somewhere in the shade if you absolutely must hang it outside. Once the outward part of your suit is dry, flip it inside out again to dry the other side. This is a commonly overlooked routine that will greatly lengthen the life of your suit. Fill up your wetsuit changing bucket with cool water and a few capfuls of whatever wetsuit cleaner you like, get it nice and sudsy, drop in your suit, then get your hands in there and knead the cleaner into the neoprene.
Coffee before dawn patrol is mandatory. So is the automatic peeing that comes from downing all that caffeine. You can buy products like Mirazyme, specially made to flatten odors from bacteria and mildew in wetsuits, and add that to your wetusit shampoo regimen. Or you can use a little bit of Listerene instead. So make sure you always rinse your wetsuit with fresh water before you start drying it!
Have a jug of water in your car and then pour it inside the dry bag. Push and pull your wetsuit a few times through the water and then take it out. Do not wash you wetsuit in the washing machine and dry it in a dryer! So keep you mum, wife or girlfriend away from your dirty wetsuit.
Clean it yourself. It is not very wise to iron your wetsuit. Just by the look of it you can assume that rubbery stuff is not the place to put your hot iron. But still, this is the standard warning in the wetsuit instructions and is there for a reason. You should never use bleach or strong washing powder on your wetsuit. But there are some mild washing powders made especially for washing your wetsuits.
Does your wetsuit stink so much that your neighbors knock on your door to check if someone died? Did your wetsuit became your cats favorite place to look for fish? There are a few reasons for the smelliness. Basic reason is our sweat and body oils that our skin produces. These are breeding ground for the bacteria which are in fact the thing that smells bad in a wetsuit. You can of course make your wettie extra stinky if you are lazy — you leave your wet wetsuit in a bag for a while instead of washing it right away.
The other reason for odor is your urine. Try not to pee as much in it, because pee also deteriorates the neoprene and leaves a funky smell. Then there is dirty and stinky water, algae etc… Fortunately there is a solution to wetsuit odor. There are special soaps for washing your wetsuit and removing the stink. Then recently I came across another easier way of getting rid of the smell. Once every couple weeks, throw your wetsuit in a tub of fresh warm water not hot with a couple of caps of dishwashing detergent.
Wash it and the detergent will break down the body oils and wash away the bacteria that leads to smelliness. Rinse your wetsuit in fresh water so you get all the detergent off, then dry your wetsuit in the fresh air. Try to repeat this every few weeks of course depending on how much you use it and your wetsuit will be odor free. Also — check this article dedicated to fighting the stink. Never lend your wetsuit to your friend if he is heavier than you, your wettie will stretch and soon it will be to big for you.
What to say in the end? I want to wash my suit. I found this wetsuit hanger that works! It is made to clean Neoprene especially, couple other things too, but its all natural which is super cool and the bacillus it is made of is what kills the bad small urine or what ever it may be making your suite smell its great! Will it do any harm to put them in the washing machine spin cycle before hanging them up???
Any ideas? I actually have put my Oneill Psycho in the washing machine on gentle without soap for about seven years now, and just last week bought a new wetsuit.
Go to training log. Go to race log. Send a message. View album. Triathlon Talk » Drying a wetsuit. Rss Feed. Moderators: k9car , alicefoeller. Member Subject: Drying a wetsuit How long does it generally take for a full wetsuit to dry out? Fatdoggy PM in reply to: Expert Westchester, NY.
Subject: RE: Drying a wetsuit Does it really matter if it is still a little wet when the race starts? Extreme Veteran Subject: RE: Drying a wetsuit You'll be fine.
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